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Sahtú Environmental Models Presentation

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Contacts

Deborah Simmons

Organization

Sahtú Renewable Resources Board

Project

Sahtú Environmental Management Decision-Support Project

ALCES models future changes based on known environment and landscape cover, an understanding of historic changes, and projected indicators of change to the environment, human footprint and landscape.

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Boreal Caribou

Sahtu Regional Environmental Decision Support Tool Set

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Contacts

Deborah Simmons

Organization

Sahtú Renewable Resources Board

Project

Sahtú Environmental Management Decision-Support Project

Sahtú Environmental Research and Monitoring (ERM) Forum meeting presentation of the Sahtu Regional Environmental Decision Support Tool Set.

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Boreal Caribou

EMEND for Schools: 360 Video and Teaching Resources

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Organization

University of Alberta

Fuse Consulting Ltd.

NAIT Centre for Boreal Research

Project

The Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural Disturbance (EMEND) Project

The Emend for Schools: 360° Video EMEND Tour Teachers Resource is a full lesson plan and 360 immersive and interactive video teaching tool, including a teacher lesson plan and student workbook aligned...

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Land Management

Wetland Knowledge

Incorporation of Wetlands into Forest Management

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Contacts

Paul Leblanc

Organization

Louisiana Pacific Corporation

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Project

Wetland Knowledge Exchange

The Duck Mountain Provincial Forest in west-central Manitoba is a landbase with a mosaic of uplands and wetlands. The wetlands are both interspersed and interconnected with uplands. Ecosystem Based...

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Wetland Knowledge

Video - Peatland Restoration: Site Adjustment Trials NAIT CBR

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Organization

NAIT Centre for Boreal Research

Project

Peatland Restoration

The NAIT Centre for Boreal Research (formerly NAIT Boreal Research Institute) is in the Peace River oilsands region of northwestern Alberta. One of the key research initiatives at the Centre is...

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Wetland Knowledge

Site Preparation and Vegetation Management in Reclamation - Part 1

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Amanda Schoonmaker

Organization

NAIT Centre for Boreal Research

Project

Forest Reclamation and Boreal Reforestation

This talk is the first part of a presentation by Amanda Schoonmaker on Site Preparation and Vegetation Management in Reclamation: Leanings and Ongoing Challenges. This section coves quantitative...

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Land Management

Site Preparation and Vegetation Management in Reclamation - Part 2

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Amanda Schoonmaker

Organization

NAIT Centre for Boreal Research

Project

Forest Reclamation and Boreal Reforestation

This talk is the second part of a presentation by Amanda Schoonmaker on Site Preparation and Vegetation Management in Reclamation: Leanings and Ongoing Challenges. This section covers deployment of...

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Land Management

Using a RipPlow for Soil Decompaction in Forestry Reclamation

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Organization

NAIT Centre for Boreal Research

In this video, Dr. David McNabb, describes how the NAIT Boreal Research Institute in Peace River is using the RipPlow® to test the restoration of soil quality on decommissioned wellsites and the...

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Using a RipPlow for Soil Decompaction in Forestry Reclamation

Land Management

The Importance of Tilling Compacted Forest Soil

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Organization

NAIT Centre for Boreal Research

Project

Forest Reclamation and Boreal Reforestation

The majority of the roots of forests are found near the surface (80% or more are generally found within the top 20 cm of the soil). The trafficking of forest soils by most industrial equipment...

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The Importance of Tilling Compacted Forest Soil

Land Management

Webinar - Guiding Principles for Wetland Stewardship and Forest Management

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Contacts

Kylie McLeod

Organization

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Project

Wetland Knowledge Exchange

This webinar introduces the guiding principles, objectives, and planning considerations for wetland stewardship, and discusses how these concepts can be applied in the context of forest management.

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Wetland Knowledge

Webinar - In-Situ Oil Sands Practices for Working in and Around Wetlands

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Contacts

Matthew Pyper

Organization

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Project

Wetland Knowledge Exchange

COSIA initiated this project to create an inventory of shared practices, improve knowledge sharing, clarify knowledge gaps, and identify opportunities for innovation.

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Wetland Knowledge

Webinar - Hot Hot Peat! Managing Boreal Peatland Wildfires in an Era of Climate Change

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James Michael Waddington

Organization

Canadian Institute of Forestry

Ducks Unlimited Canada

McMaster University

Project

Canadian Institute of Forestry e-lecture Series: This Landbase is not Passive - Connecting Boreal Wetlands to Forest Management

This presentation provides an overview of current boreal peatland wildfire research and of management approaches in the face of climate change.

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Land Management

Wetland Knowledge

Webinar - Wetlands and Forestry: Highlights of a Regulatory Review

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Contacts

Jeremy Beal

Trent Hreno

Organization

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Canadian Institute of Forestry

Foresite Consultants Ltd.

Project

Canadian Institute of Forestry e-lecture Series: This Landbase is not Passive - Connecting Boreal Wetlands to Forest Management

This presentation provides an overview of how wetlands are incorporated in the context of provincial forest management planning frameworks in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and BC.

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Wetland Knowledge

Webinar - Impact of Resource Extraction on Canada's Boreal Peatlands

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Contacts

Maria Strack

Organization

Canadian Institute of Forestry

Ducks Unlimited Canada

University of Waterloo

Project

Canadian Institute of Forestry e-lecture Series: This Landbase is not Passive - Connecting Boreal Wetlands to Forest Management

This presentation highlights ongoing research in northern Alberta examining peatland carbon and greenhouse gas exchange as a measure of peatland ecosystem function.

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Wetland Knowledge

Webinar - Wetland Ecosystem Services in Canada's Boreal Forest: Managing for Multiple Values

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Contacts

Kylie McLeod

Marcel Darveau

Organization

Canadian Institute of Forestry

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Project

Canadian Institute of Forestry e-lecture Series: This Landbase is not Passive - Connecting Boreal Wetlands to Forest Management

This presentation highlights the ecosystem services wetlands provide in the boreal forest and what this means for forest management and land users.

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Wetland Knowledge

Webinar - Biodiversity and Environmental Conditions Along Seismic Lines in the Oil Sands of Alberta

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Contacts

Anna Dabros

Jaime Pinzon

Organization

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Natural Resources Canada

Project

Wetland Knowledge Exchange

This ongoing project characterized changes and early responses in biodiversity and environmental conditions along seismic lines in relation to the adjacent forest.

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Wetland Knowledge

Webinar - Towards Understanding the Influence of Headwater Catchments on Water Availability in the Athabasca River Basin

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Scott Ketcheson

Organization

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Athabasca University

Project

Wetland Knowledge Exchange

This presentation highlights the importance of northern Alberta’s “mountains” and wetlands on sustaining water flows in local streams and regional rivers in the Athabasca River Basin.

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Wetland Knowledge

Webinar - NAIT Boreal Research Institute Applied Research and Knowledge Exchange

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Contacts

Kevin Kemball

Catherine Brown

Organization

Ducks Unlimited Canada

NAIT Centre for Boreal Research

Project

Wetland Knowledge Exchange

This presentation introduces the NAIT Boreal Research Institute and provides examples of peatland applied research activities, and the use of knowledge exchange products to disseminate findings.

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Wetland Knowledge

Webinar - Establishing Vegetation on Constructed Fens in Alberta's Oil Sands Region

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Contacts

Andrea Borkenhagen

Organization

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Colorado State University

Project

Wetland Knowledge Exchange

Oil sands mining in Alberta has disturbed large areas of peatlands, the dominant regional ecosystem type, and no formal strategies exist to reconstruct the landscape. Peatland reclamation is...

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Wetland Knowledge

Webinar - Impacts on Peatland Functions in Western Boreal Canada: Fire and Thaw

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Contacts

David Olefeldt

Organization

Ducks Unlimited Canada

University of Alberta

Project

Wetland Knowledge Exchange

This presentation covers effects of peatland fire on permafrost stability, consequences of permafrost thaw on greenhouse gas exchange, and opportunities to learn from natural disturbances.

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Wetland Knowledge